1 Gable Cottages, Otham Street, Otham, Maidstone, ME15 8RL

1 Gable Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Otham, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 8RL). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 89 m² it sits well below the postcode median (153 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £581,000 is 16.2% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£522/sq ft) was about 56.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 11 years since the last transfer (June 2015). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2013.